Dr. Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, will lead a free, online course this summer to train high-school teachers in a new computer-science course and future College Board AP exam. Read more

Local and state law enforcement will increase their presence on Alabama roads as Memorial Day, and the inevitability of holiday motorists, approaches. According to data from the Center for Advanced Public Safety at the University of Alabama, 3,580 wrecks were reported for Calhoun County in 2011 — an average of… Read more

Have you got an engineering whiz kid or a budding environmentalist you need to keep busy while school is out of session this summer? While University of Alabama students empty out to head to the beach or summer internships, hundreds of K-12 students will take over classrooms and campus this… Read more

Researchers, including faculty and students from the University of Alabama, who studied the aftermath of a devastating 2013 tornado in Oklahoma say simple design changes could improve the survivability of wood-frame structures such as residential homes during tornadoes. Read more

A broad, luminescent smile slowly appeared upon Jordan Baer’s face as her thoughts turned to her family. “My whole family thinks I’m a nerd,” she says, while laughing. Growing up, Baer found solace in books and in learning. As family lore has it, she learned to read when she was… Read more

During the mobile phone’s meteoric rise from clunky car phone to the powerful computers in our hands today, the problem of battery life has continued to dog the technology. “Energy is the limit. You can have all this functionality, but if you don’t have power to do it, then you… Read more

Hundreds of students from all over Alabama got to take part in a robotics competition. The action got underway today at the Bryant Conference Center. Around 350 students from third grad through high school programmed robots to do tasks like shooting hockey goals, moving without control and racing. The event… Read more

The University of Alabama’s 57 Miles initiative and The College of Engineering will host Engineering Day for high school students from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Francis Marion High School in Perry County. Read more

This weekend, The University of Alabama will host the Alabama Robotics Competition, an event open to K-12 students. The competition will involve programming robots to navigate a series of obstacle sources. “[There is] an emphasis on programming skills, resulting in autonomous robot control, rather than a robot that is maneuvered by… Read more